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CVE-2008-5281

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5281 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Titan FTP Server 6.05 build 550. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by sending a specially crafted, long DELE command. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code and Nuclei templates are publicly available, indicating a high potential for exploitation. Despite its age and critical severity, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:south_river_technologies:titan_ftp_server:6.05:build_550:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2008-5281 · Oct 2, 2025
ExploitDB: EDB-31105 · Feb 4, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0640 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.org / 0802-exploits/titan-heap-py.txt
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/27611